import CoreData import Foundation class CoreDataStack: ObservableObject { init() {} static let shared = CoreDataStack() static let identifier = "CoreDataStack" lazy var persistentContainer: NSPersistentContainer = { let container = NSPersistentContainer(name: "Core_Data") container.loadPersistentStores(completionHandler: { _, error in guard let error = error as NSError? else { return } fatalError("Unresolved error: \(error), \(error.userInfo)") }) return container }() // ensure thread safety by creating a NSManagedObjectContext for the main thread and for a background thread lazy var backgroundContext: NSManagedObjectContext = { let newbackgroundContext = CoreDataStack.shared.persistentContainer.newBackgroundContext() newbackgroundContext.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true newbackgroundContext .mergePolicy = NSMergeByPropertyStoreTrumpMergePolicy // if two objects with the same unique constraint are found, overwrite with the object in the external storage return newbackgroundContext }() lazy var viewContext: NSManagedObjectContext = { let viewContext = CoreDataStack.shared.persistentContainer.viewContext viewContext.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true return viewContext }() func fetchEntities( ofType type: T.Type, predicate: NSPredicate, key: String, ascending: Bool, fetchLimit: Int? = nil, batchSize: Int? = nil, propertiesToFetch: [String]? = nil, callingFunction: String = #function, callingClass: String = #fileID ) -> [T] { let request = NSFetchRequest(entityName: String(describing: type)) request.sortDescriptors = [NSSortDescriptor(key: key, ascending: ascending)] request.predicate = predicate if let limit = fetchLimit { request.fetchLimit = limit } if let batchSize = batchSize { request.fetchBatchSize = batchSize } if let propertiesTofetch = propertiesToFetch { request.propertiesToFetch = propertiesTofetch request.resultType = .dictionaryResultType } else { request.resultType = .managedObjectResultType } var result: [T]? /// we need to ensure that the fetch immediately returns a value as long as the whole app does not use the async await pattern, otherwise we could perform this asynchronously with backgroundContext.perform and not block the thread backgroundContext.performAndWait { do { debugPrint("Fetching \(T.self) in \(callingFunction) from \(callingClass): \(DebuggingIdentifiers.succeeded)") result = try self.backgroundContext.fetch(request) } catch { debugPrint( "Fetching \(T.self) in \(callingFunction) from \(callingClass): \(DebuggingIdentifiers.failed) \(error)" ) } } return result ?? [] } }